Playermodel always looking right when facing forward in viewport

Garry's Mod coding
#1

For some reason I keep having this problem, then it will magically go away.
Right now, obviously I’m having the problem again on a gamemode I’m writing, anyone know the reason for it?

Looking straight, gun shoots straight, but the player is LOOKING to the right:

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**EDIT: ** Oops wrong photo lol

#2

I’ve had this too. I think it’s an animation problem, or something in the engine.

#3

This problem existed on the FP fretta server too.

#4

This has happened since Half-Life 2 was first released, all player models and NPC models don’t look exactly at their target all the time, even though they actually are.

#5

You don’t exactly understand the problem. On the upper picture he look STRAIGHT ahead.

#6

Yes I know he is looking straight ahead, but the problem is with the Source engine, this same problem happens on every single HL2 mod.

#7

There are semi-fixes for it that you can apply with Lua but they don’t completely resolve the problem.
Quick-Fix: Untested
This function should be in a shared.
[lua] /---------------------------------------------------------
Name: gamemode:UpdateAnimation( )
Desc: Animation updates (pose params etc) should be done here
---------------------------------------------------------/
function GM:UpdateAnimation( pl )

if ( !CLIENT ) then return; end

local yaw = math.Round( pl:GetAngles( ).y )
local rad = yaw * ( 3.141592654 / 180 )

if ( yaw < 0 ) then yaw = yaw + 360 end

pl:SetPoseParameter( "aim_yaw", math.sin( pl:GetAngles( ).y ) )
pl:SetPoseParameter( "aim_pitch", math.sin( pl:GetAngles( ).p ) )

Msg( "y: " ..pl:GetPoseParameter( "aim_yaw" ).."	p: "..pl:GetPoseParameter( "aim_pitch" ).. "

" )

end
[/lua]
This will change the way the player’s model rotates and looks up.

#8

I have this problem when I’m testing gamemodes using the built-in thirdperson. Is that what you’re doing?

If so, once I get into multiplayer games everyone’s player model is aiming correctly, it’s just a bug with Valves thirdperson in Garry’s Mod.

#9

Yea I was, sort of figured that. Sorry about not replying at all, school gets in the way…